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Laurendine, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Theodore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36582. The Survey maps it on the Coden quadrangle.

Laurendine within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

287 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Laurendine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,304 acres in total. None started naturally. 132 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism132
Debris and open burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-1
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-006
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-007
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-005
20 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1996Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Laurendine: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chris Dobbins Cement PlantStonePlant
Boe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunson Constrction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Busby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gull Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurendine in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013Tornado (EF1)Laurendine$1,500,000A brief tornado developed along a squall line of thunderstorms moving across east central Mobile county, producing significant damage to 3 large storage warehouses, various outbuildings and numerous automobiles at the Evonik chemical processing plant on Degussa Road near the Theodore Industrial Canal. Approximately 30 employee automobiles had the windows broken from flying debris.
October 2022Tornado (EF0)Laurendine-An EF-0 tornado likely began just to the south of Government|Boulevard near Theodore tracking north across the area. The|beginning point of the tornado is estimated by a radar confirmed|debris signature that started in a heavily wooded area to the|south of Government Boulevard. The tornado crossed Government|Blvd and tracked up through Tung Avenue West where some minor|tree damage occurred with numerous limbs knocked down and a fence|was blown over. The tornado continued across Oakane Drive where|minor shingle damage occurred to homes. At this point the tornado|likely lifted with no further damage reports to the north.

Every storm recorded in Mobile County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fowl River2.5 miles24
South Orchard2.5 miles24
Irvington3.4 miles33
Theodore3.4 miles33
Bellefontaine3.5 miles25
Bayleys Corner3.7 miles25
Sunny Cove3.8 miles25
Smithport3.9 miles25

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563979The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121424. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.